ISSN:
1434-9949
Keywords:
HLA-DR
;
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The results of a previous study led us to believe that the association of HLA-DR4 and rheumatoid arthritis could be of particular interest in our region. In this work we typed 58 caucasoid patients in the Marseilles area by microlymphocytotoxicity assay in B-cells. HLA-DR4 was found to be at the same level as that observed by the authors in the 8th Workshop of histocompatibility (1980) (X2: 32.36, P (0.001) and very high in the seropositive patients (61.5 per cent). No correlation with sex was observed. We again found a low frequency of HLA-DR4 (15.8 per cent) in our controls.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02275600